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For all the flak that he takes, for all we moan and rant - his numbers are good. I know most would rather get rid, but I actually think he's worth keeping around, unless we were being offered decentish cash.

Thinking back to serial missers like Maxie Murray and McCoist you always felt it was ok because they would get the next one. I don’t have that confidence with CD. His stats suggest I should have. It’s a perception thing.

Move to Brazil with the old man or be his own man in Glasgow? One can't really blame him for taking the easier option. The sightseeing in Rio is considerably more pleasant than Glasgow, I'd have thought.

I strongly agree! We should keep him as his desire and work rate each game is Phenomenal, As of lately with Raskin pushing up more and providing more assists in the box we could potentially see him with more goals than misses, as for the stick he receives Dessers just brushes it off and goes again excellent mentality others would find hard to deal with the pressure we fans give him.

Dessers would be good to keep as a second striker, but his value now is at its maximum and financially we may be better selling.

Davide Ancelotti was an interesting candidate but I was unconvinced he was the right person for a job that difficult doesn't begin to describe. Problem is I've still no idea who should get it as I'm not enthused by anyone linked. Just appoint Gerrard and Naismith and be done with it...

I'd actually be okay with us going into next season with CD, HA and one other striker, preferably someone quick. CD isn't perfect, and he absolutely does my nut in at times, but I'd keep him.

There was an Everton player scored 60 goals in a league season back in the day, Dixie Dean. I'd say football is more demanding and physically more difficult these days tbh.

Don't think there's anything new that can be said about the lad's contribution and his goals won't be easy to replace but if we can get a suitable bid for his services, I think I'd move him on.

In modern football, a striker has more to do than score goals. I'm hoping the new manager can bring some players in who score from other positions, plus Raskin has started chipping in more often. Being so reliant on one player to get goals has been part of our problems these past few seasons (particularly when he misses so many chances in big games).

Indeed! We should keep him regardless of the interests, who could we buy that gives us the amount of goals he provides for the price we paid for him or even receive for him?

That'll be why there are clubs queueing up to buy him, obviously.

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I'd happily keep Cyriel, if not for him I would be last in the GPL table 🤣

MON THE IRONS

Hope you’re right about City winning. I have a feeling that Palace (spelled Eze) have their name on the cup.

I'll be disappointed if Davide Ancelotti is not engaged as Manager/Head Coach. I was looking forward to the tifo, welcoming him to Govan ....... ....or, maybe, and maybe more appropriately, welcoming pederast fhilth fc to the Ibrox Renaissance....

Deleting as a duplicate, Frankie beat me to it

Has Sam Allardyce got a son ?

That's what our neighbour said (he watched it on TV). At the game we thought we were getting fouls we don't usually get, although he made a few errors.

I wonder how many of the present board of directors will be wanting to keep their place in the new boardroom you know to add their expertise on all things Scottish football. 😆

You can play 4-2-3-1 or 4-3-3 all day long, if you have the players who can perform in this system. We never had these players since the time it was introduced, shoehorned centre-forwards into roles not theirs, and played it no matter of the opposition. Every now and then, a player aside from the (as in: one) centre-forward weighed in with a hatful of goals, Sima, Kent, Tillman, Tavernier, Cerny etc. but it was not enough. We did not adapt to these realities and suffered the consequences. They not only had the money, but also got enough solid players to fulfil the job that was required. Maybe not in Europe, but surely in Scotland. As was said elsewhere, dislike them or him as you want, Ange came in, saw what was needed, got e.g. these Japanese in, and they ran away with the silverware. And the reaction of us (well most) was not debating the system which is utterly unsuitable for the Scottish game, but going after this or that striker, who did not convert 75+ % of the chances he got. If he would, he would not play for Rangers in this day and age. What we needed and need for "modern" football is a striker who scores 20+ per season, and three+ players behind him who come up with 10+ each too. In the league! But as of May 6th ... Dessers (52 games) 25 goals + 12 assists Cerny (49) 17 + 8 Igamane (43) 14 + 5 ... and Danilo, Diomande and Lawrence with 6 goals each. Like in the days of Morelos, one striker was asked to carry the team, and if he didn't come up with all (as in: ALL) the goods, we were screwed. This needs to be addressed. And not by signing a potential 30+ goals striker, but by getting attackers who score ... and play them all in a system suitable to break Scottish brick walls.

Actually looking at that list of goalscorers, notice how many of them lot are on it? This is where our problems really are. Not enough players getting on the score sheet from other areas. In the "top 20" performing goalscorers in Scotland, they've got 8 players on the table. By comparison we have three.

He's a pure goalscorer. His all-round game is very limited. That's not necessarily a bad thing - I think the negatives are emphasised when the rest of the team don't chip in with goals. I wouldn't be opposed to keeping him around, but, for me, every player is up for sale.

Marco Rose and Russell Martin are the only names mentioned that appeal to me.

He also terrorized both Man Utd's defence and Athletics getting a few goals so that's also a factor to consider when we are playing in European games, I’d keep him for at least a few more seasons and see who we bring in who could work alongside him, Dannilo on the other hand I would Mag to Grid ( get rid) 110%.

End the reign of quantity. Time for quality.

Looks like Ancelotti may be out the running with more reports coming out of Spain this morning:

Dessers is nearing 30 in all competitions which is good numbers but 25 should be the approx league goals target for a No.9 in our league. He has got better as the season has gone on, Id say he is first pick now when that wouldnt have been the case last Autumn. The sitters have dried up and he certainly doesnt look out of place in Europe although he can go 45 minutes unnoticed - he can then simply pop up with a goal at any time.

And goalies were pretty poor in those days don't forget. Also they could just barge them into the net.

Think of many he might score if he had a decent degree of balance and ball control it's easy to say he is the top scorer in Scotland but 17 goals isn't exactly in the numbers i would equate to a top striker in any league i remember Joe McBride rattling in 36 goals before christmas before he got injured now men like that were strikers

Well done @Bluedell and totally echo your point on the way its ran by @Rousseau I need to get the bit under my name changed - I aint no expert nowadays! A bit like our team - I am living on past glories

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They are going to reduce the capacity of Goodison for the Women's team. Shutting off the top tiers. The Womens team has an average crowd of 2000.

Well done.

A huge thanks to @Rousseau for running this so well and keeping everything up to date.

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